When Does the PSAT Change?
   First administration: October 13 & 16, 2004  
Who Takes It?
   Class of 2006 and beyond
What's Different?

 
   - No more Analogies and Quantitative
  Comparisons
- Additional short reading passages
- More challenging math questions

Note: Unlike the new SAT, the new PSAT will NOT require you to write an essay and it will NOT have Algebra II questions.

The PSAT is simply a practice SAT, so you will note changes to the new PSAT will mirror those to the SAT. If you would like to practice sample problems for the new PSAT, you can try the new SAT-style questions on this site.

Like the new SAT, Analogies and Quantitative Comparison questions will be removed from the PSAT, and short reading passages will be added to the Critical Reading section. The verbal section will also be renamed Critical Reading.

There are the two essential differences between the new PSAT and SAT. On the PSAT, the College Board will spare you from writing an essay until you take the new SAT. Even better, you will not be required to answer Algebra II questions on the PSAT (since many students haven’t taken that math class by the first semester of the junior year).

Bottom line: The PSAT will be changing, but not in lock-step with the SAT. The PSAT will also be about 90 minutes shorter than the SAT.